Barcelona supervisor Hansi Flick positioned a serious emphasis on one phrase throughout his pre-match press convention forward of their journey to RCD Mallorca – ‘combat’. The German coach held an hour-long dialogue together with his gamers earlier than their coaching session on Monday, because the workers sought to spotlight their errors in a three-game winless run in La Liga.
Flick was intense about emphasizing the thought of combating for victory, having seen his aspect go all the way down to a Las Palmas filled with character. Their sport at Son Moix on Tuesday guarantees one other heated encounter.
“What I discussed throughout their discuss, was that we have to combat. As a participant, I used to be extra for this, I don’t wish to lose, and I feel what we have to do most, is to combat. To be prepared, not simply to play, however to combat for it. I feel we’d like extra of this perspective. We have now some area to get higher in that regard.”
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He was requested whether or not he felt that this combat was one thing that they had had and misplaced, and what the explanations had been for the Las Palmas loss.
“We put rather a lot into it. We had a variety of probabilities towards Las Palmas, and we confirmed the gamers that, however that is additionally slightly little bit of what I’m on the lookout for, that combat. To know, ‘Okay, I’m right here, I’m prepared and I do know the ball is coming to me like this. And I’m there to combat for it’.”
“The desire is there, the starvation is there, and after I look and I see Pau Cubarsi who’s 17-year-old, or Inigo, how they play, on the stage they’re at, each sport, they’re essential for us. Additionally Pedri within the midfield, he’s actually unbelievable in each match, he runs rather a lot, he places rather a lot in, and the others too. However I simply need to discuss these three, and in addition Raphinha, that is essential for me, and everybody has to provide the very best they’ll.”
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“We began rather well, we dipped in November, and hopefully we might be again up in December, and we have now to combat for it. It’s an extended, lengthy highway, an extended La Liga season, and that is how I see it. We need to combat. And on the finish of the season, we need to win the title. After all, we’re Barcelona, that is an incredible membership, and I need to see everybody combating. That is our purpose. We give all the things to succeed in that purpose.”
The Blaugrana have seen their lead in La Liga erased to 1 level, with Actual Madrid behind and Atletico Madrid simply two factors away, however Los Blancos have a sport in hand.